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'It's imploded': Ex-Trump official stunned campaign hasn't dumped J.D. Vance

Reflecting on changes in Donald Trump's campaign leadership structure, a former official who worked in the ex-president's administration predicted heads will roll because his re-election chances are now seriously in doubt.

Appearing on MSNBC's "The Weekend," Olivia Troye, one of leaders of Republicans Against Trump, admitted that she is surprised vice presidential candidate and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) hasn't been cast aside.

Speaking with co-host Michael Steele, Troye began. "Watching the campaign, I think it's imploded."

"What has happened here is they were caught flat-footed," she continued. "I think they have nothing to counter this powerful ticket of two relatable people who are out there actually campaigning, talking to voters everyday showing that they they truly identify with the challenges they face."

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"What does Donald Trump have?" she asked. "I guess, you know, I don't know, country club owner, maybe, lots of bankruptcies, convicted felon. Then you have J.D. Vance, who denigrates women and talks about menopausal women, childless cat and dog ladies, I don't know where they're going with this."

'I think you're seeing a lot of turmoil there," she continued. "I wonder how long some of these people are going to stay in their roles ... I think Trump is grasping here, trying to figure out what to do because he really does have no plan, no actual policy objectives and it is just a bunch of mudslinging."

"You know, I'm surprised he still has J.D. Vance on the ticket, I keep wondering if he's going to bump him off," she added.

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Trump's 'doddering old man' attacks casting cloud over his re-election hopes: report

Donald Trump's decision to make President Joe Biden's age a centerpiece of his re-election bid has now come back to haunt him after Biden gracefully stepped aside for much younger Vice President Kamala Harris to take her spot at the top of the Democratic ticket.

According to a report from Politico's Megan Messerly and Myah Ward, the former president went to great pains to portray Biden as a "doddering old man" and, with the 59-year-old Harris running an upbeat and energetic campaign, the former president's latest public efforts have led to his earlier age attacks to bounce back and attach themselves on him.

As the report notes, the Harris campaign has focused on talking about the future and, combined with rally chants of "We're not going back," Trump increasingly looks like a relic of "a past that the country can’t afford to return to."

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'Really bad idea': Why critics are coming out against Jared Kushner’s resort in Albania

Former President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is planning to build a luxury resort in Albania. But the proposed development has been attacked by critics in both the Balkan country and the U.S.

Kushner — who launched his private equity firm Affinity Partners after Trump was voted out of office — has been working with Richard Grenell, who was Trump's acting Director of National Intelligence, on plans to develop in both Albania and Serbia. According to a new Washington Post report, the two have been working closely with Albania's "very transactional" prime minister, Edi Rama on plans to develop a section of protected land in the southern European nation.

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Mary Trump: Harris campaign's devastating trolling is the 'best way to take down a bully'

Vice President Kamala Harris' rapid response and press teams have received a heaping of praise on social media for its quick — and often devastating — rebuttals and attacks of former President Donald Trump, and now they add one more fan: his niece.

Mary Trump wrote in her newsletter, "The Good In Us" on Friday that her uncle can't stand the thought of losing, but that "losing to a Black woman is particularly hard for him to bear." She gave Harris' team credit for "understanding just how to put pressure on Donald’s very fragile psyche."

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'We don’t support these people': Ex-staffer sues GOP rep, says he was fired for being gay

A former aide to Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) is now suing his former boss for employment discrimination, alleging that the Texas Republican fired him due to his sexuality.

Politico reported Friday that Alex Chadwell — who worked as a legislative correspondent for Neils' Washington, D.C. office in 2021 — has filed a lawsuit formally accusing Nehls and his chief of staff Robert Schroeder of "direct anti-gay hostility" with frequent comments denigrating the LGBTQ+ community. According to Politico, Chadwell named "the entire office" as defendants in the suit, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

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CNN host spars with Republican over 'unfair comment' that Biden thinks troops 'disposable'

A CNN anchor forcefully pushed back Friday as she unsuccessfully tried to get a Florida Republican congressman and military veteran to retract his statement that President Joe Biden sees the troops as "disposable."

Brian Mast, who served in Afghanistan as an explosive ordinance disposal technician and lost his legs in 2010 when an IED detonated, joined Kaitlan Collins on "The Source."

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'Nothing but ego and appetite': Medal of Freedom recipient 'appalled' by Trump's remark

A Gold Star father who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation's highest civilian honor — slammed former President Donald Trump over his comments that the civilian honor is better than the Medal of Honor — the nation's highest military award — because the later is often given to soldiers wounded or killed in combat.

“I watched Sheldon sitting so proud in the White House when we gave Miriam the Presidential Medal of Freedom," Trump said. "That’s the highest award you can get as a civilian, it’s the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor."

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FBI raids home of Russian-born 2016 Trump adviser: report

The FBI has conducted a raid and search at the home of a Russian-born analyst who advised former President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign, reported The Guardian on Friday.

Dimitri Simes, whose name came up over 100 times in former special counsel Robert Mueller's report into Russian interference in the election, told the Rappahannock News he was out of the country and wasn't notified of the search ahead of time. He was also not aware that he was the focus of a law enforcement investigation, he said.

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Veterans of Foreign Wars chief slams Trump for 'asinine' dismissal of Medal of Honor

The national commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars on Friday denounced former President Donald Trump's comments that appeared to demean Medal of Honor recipients.

"On Thursday, former President Donald Trump spoke at an event where he made some flippant remarks about the Medal of Honor and the heroes who have received it," Al Lipphardt said in a statement. "These asinine comments not only diminish the significance of our nation’s highest award for valor, but also crassly characterizes the sacrifices of those who have risked their lives above and beyond the call of duty."

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'Not sensible policy': Ex-Obama economist pours cold water on Harris' price-gouging plan

A former top economist in the Obama administration poured cold water on Vice President Kamala Harris' economic plan to combat price-gouging at grocery stores.

While year-over-year inflation has dropped to its lowest level in more than three years, food prices remain stubbornly high — 21 percent above where they were in 2021.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene headed to Pennsylvania for GOP poll watcher training: report

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is headed to Pennsylvania to speak at events with the Republican National Committee and Lehigh County Republican Committee to train GOP "poll watchers," reported The Morning Call on Friday.

Greene, a controversial far-right lawmaker infamous for promoting conspiracy theories about Jewish space lasers, is a close ally of former President Donald Trump.

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'No crying': Lincoln Project mocks cease-and-desist letter after ad blasts Trump advisers

A new ad running on Fox News in Mar-a-Lago from a group of anti-Trump Republicans prompted a cease-and-desist letter.

The Lincoln Project said Friday it received the letter over its ad, "Failures," which attacks top Trump advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles.

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Trump team claims Harris lied that they reached an agreement on debate schedule

Former President Donald Trump privately feels as though Vice President Kamala Harris "trapped" him into accepting a debate schedule on her terms by falsely claiming they agreed to a schedule when they hadn't — and he's enraged about it, according to The New Republic.

The fireworks began Thursday, when a spokesman for the Harris campaign said Trump’s campaign "accepted our proposal for three debates — two presidential and a vice presidential debate."

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